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Two fresh opinion polls show Hassan Rohani, the candidate on whom many pro-reform elements in Iran are pinning their hopes, in a virtual tie with conservative candidate Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf ahead of this week's presidential election.
Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad was expected to address a large gathering at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, which can seat more than 100,000 people.
Iranian parliamentary deputy speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar has publicly announced his intention to run for president.
Protesters in the Iranian town of Varzaneh clashed with police this week after more than a month of demonstrations against the government's diversion of water from central Isfahan Province to other regions.
Iranian authorities reportedly detained two daughters of opposition figure and former presidential candidate Mir Hossein Musavi and held the eldest son of fellow oppositionist
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has expressed concern over a recent wave of arrests of journalists in Iran.
The raids are described as the largest operation targeting relatively independent Iranian media outlets since 2009.
Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani has dismissed concerns over the election reform bill that was adopted on December 2.
Iranian lawmakers have opened discussions on whether to reform the country's election laws.
Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been allowed to see her children in Tehran's notorious Evin prison for the first time in weeks.
Eight female inmates have stopped their hunger strike and plan to pursue legal action against prison guards whom they accuse of mistreating them.
Nine female political prisoners have started a hunger strike to protest their conditions in Tehran's Evin prison.
Iranian religious scholar and political dissident Ahmad Ghabel has died at the age of 58.
Iranian opposition leader and former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Musavi has reportedly been transferred back to his Tehran home following hospitalization one day earlier.
Iranian parliament members from regions hit by the twin earthquakes on August 11 have harshly criticized the authorities' relief efforts.
Iranian state television has broadcast purported confessions by more than a dozen suspects in connection with the killing of five nuclear scientists since 2010.
Jailed Iranian blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki has been transferred to a hospital, his family has told RFE/RL.
Britain has added its condemnation to the unprecedented lashing sentence against Iranian cartoonist Mahmud Shokraye.
An unprecedented lashing sentence against Iranian cartoonist Mahmud Shokraye has been condemned by Iranian news sites and cartoonists.
A group of Iranian lawmakers has submitted a letter to the parliament speaker criticizing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
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